This wire-bound, plastic-covered book provides expert guidance for those setting up their first kitchen, updating a kitchen, or just learning to cook. Hundreds of color photographs on foldout pages illustrate topics ranging from the advantages of using copper, cast iron, or nonstick pots and pans to the purposes of different types of knives, as well as techniques for chopping herbs and straining your own yogurt cheese. Here too are 50 illustrative recipes from such chefs as Ken Hom, Charlie Trotter, and Alice Waters.